{"product_id":"shigaraki-white-ikebana-vase","title":"Shigaraki White Vase, Hechimon Kirara Ikebana with Gold Kakitsuke 25 cm","description":"\u003cp\u003eA tall asymmetric flower vase from the \u003cstrong\u003eHechimon (へちもん)\u003c\/strong\u003e art-vase line of \u003cstrong\u003eMarui Seitō (丸伊製陶)\u003c\/strong\u003e in Shigaraki, Shiga Prefecture. The body is built in Shigaraki's classic coarse stoneware clay — visible as the brown-and-white speckle running through the surface — then dressed in \u003cstrong\u003eshiro-geshō (白化粧)\u003c\/strong\u003e, a white slip that softens the rugged Shigaraki ground into the pattern named \u003cstrong\u003eきらら kirara\u003c\/strong\u003e, \"sparkle\" in Japanese, for the way light catches on the speckled slip.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA single side of the rim has been left as \u003cstrong\u003eyabure-guchi (破れ口)\u003c\/strong\u003e — the deliberate \"broken-mouth\" silhouette that Hechimon is known for, where the kiln-master interrupts the wheel's circle to leave a raw, irregular edge. Down from that broken rim runs a vertical band of \u003cstrong\u003ekakitsuke (掻き付け)\u003c\/strong\u003e drag-line incisions — finely combed grooves filled with \u003cstrong\u003egold pigment (金彩)\u003c\/strong\u003e — so that the vase reads as a white wabi-sabi silhouette interrupted by a single rough golden cascade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe form is taller than the typical tabletop bud vase (25.5 cm \/ 10 inches), and the silhouette narrows toward the foot — best suited for a single dramatic stem (one tall branch of pampas grass, one curved willow, one single sunflower) rather than a dense arrangement. The mouth opening is oval and asymmetric — well-matched to ikebana practice, where the vessel's irregularity is part of the composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout this maker\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade by Marui Seitō \/ Hechimon Shigaraki-yaki in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, curated by ZenKiln\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarui Seitō is a Shigaraki kiln that runs its contemporary art-vase output under the brand name \u003cstrong\u003eHechimon\u003c\/strong\u003e — Shigaraki dialect for \"out-of-the-ordinary thing\" — and is one of the largest single-supplier verticals in the ZenKiln catalog. Their signature is the contrast of a soft, deliberate Shigaraki-clay body against a single intervention: a broken rim, a band of ash, a cascade of gold. This Shiro-geshō Kirara piece is from the white-slip family within that line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShigaraki is named in METI's official \"Six Ancient Kilns\" designation (六古窯) — the six Japanese ceramic regions with the longest continuous production history (since the Heian era, ca. 12th century). Most collectors associate Shigaraki with the \u003cstrong\u003etanuki\u003c\/strong\u003e (raccoon-dog) garden figures or the rough wood-fired tea ceramics; the Hechimon line sits in a different, contemporary register — stoneware as sculpture for the modern Japanese interior.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ZenKiln","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487589843174,"sku":"ZK-VASE-MARUI-HECHIMON-KIRARA-25CM","price":83.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/5392\/5350\/files\/il_fullxfull.7549156625_jw28.jpg?v=1774622248","url":"https:\/\/zen-kiln.com\/en-ch\/products\/shigaraki-white-ikebana-vase","provider":"ZenKiln","version":"1.0","type":"link"}